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The original was posted on /r/homenetworking by /u/nomadwannabe on 2023-12-26 20:06:09+00:00.

Hello,

I have 1.5g internet, and would like to make my home network able to use it all. My combo modem is in bridge mode, and has a 2.5g port WAN connection. My Asus AX86u has one 2.5g port that can be used for either WAN or LAN.

The router supports aggregate WAN which would solve the problem by using two 1g connections, however my modem will not support multiple WAN connections in bridge mode (which makes sense as it’s not doing any routing.)

I was considering using the 2.5 port from the modem, to the 2.5 to my router, and then using 2x 1g connections from the router to a switch, and ideally the switch has all of my devices connected and would hopefully have 2gbs of internet bandwith to distribute between all devices (I understand that a single device one the switch would have a maximum of 1g speed, which is okay)

I have not bought a switch yet, so not sure if there’s a specific feature I’d need. I’ve read about LAG configurations, so I guess to accomplish this I’d likely need a managed switch.

Any insight would be appreciated.